Mt. Airy · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainThere are 3.0 jobs in Verona for every working resident, and 5,440 people commute in
2% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole. Verona has 5,693 jobs; 1,872 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Verona is better than 76% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Verona
Jobs in Verona have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Verona went from 2,628 in 2013 to 5,693 in 2023, +117%. The jobs ↓
Verona has far more jobs than workers
Verona has 5,693 jobs, 3.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 8,000 people are in town, 92% more than the 4,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Verona are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Verona workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Verona’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Verona’s grade up (1.7%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($74,000, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Verona could be anywhere from B− to A.
In Verona, 28% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Verona, 2013 → 2023: 2,628 → 5,693. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Verona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Verona by day and by night
On a workday 1,619 residents head out to work and 253 work right here.
About 8,000 people are in Verona on a workday afternoon, 92% more than live here.
3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Verona: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Verona workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,866 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily trip into Verona
Where Verona clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The commute from Verona, by distance
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Verona is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Virginia, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,910 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Verona households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Verona’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Verona ranks: 983rd of 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | One Loudoun VA | 3,309 | $241K | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Navy VA | 3,839 | $239K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Kings Park VA | 4,315 | $166K | 1.9% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 981 | Bingham Township MI | 2,973 | $77K | 6.6% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| 982 | Delanco Township NJ | 5,010 | $79K | 3.3% | 5.5% | 3% | A− |
| 983 | Verona VA | 4,165 | $74K | 5.6% | 1.7% | 14% | A− |
| 984 | Tuxedo NY | 3,116 | $109K | 9.1% | 2.9% | 6% | A− |
| 985 | East Troy WI | 4,988 | $80K | 10.2% | 1.9% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Verona, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
12% of Verona works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Staunton. Darker towns draw more of Verona’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Verona: questions
What is the median household income in Verona?
$74,000 (±$5,859) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Verona?
5.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Verona?
17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Verona work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Staunton (12%, 4 mi), Harrisonburg (8%, 18 mi), Fishersville (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Verona walkable?
Verona is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Verona without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Verona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Verona
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.